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The newly independent countries have not been slow to fall in line with this recent trend, and now it has practically become the universal practice to establish diplomatic relations on an embassy level and to exchange ambassadors. In view of this growing tendency on the part of states to appoint ambassadors rather than ministers, the International Law Commission considered the question of abolishing the title of minister or at any rate to do away with the difference in rank between the class of ministers and of ambassadors.

The Jews. Amongst the Jews the Hebrew Kings maintained diplomatic relations only with certain friendly countries of their choice. They refused to have any kind of relations with most of their neighbouring states whom they regarded either as uncivilised or as enemies. Nevertheless, the Jews had regard for observance of treaty relations, and they respected the ambassadors of friendly powers with whom they maintained relations. Asian states. The contemporary Asian princes maintained diplomatic relations with their neighbours, and envoys were sent and received from time to time.

18 DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS, FUNCTIONS AND PRIVILEGES (3) Ministers resident accredited to the sovereign, and (4) Charge d'Affaires accredited to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. This classification holds good even today with the exception that Ministers Resident are no longer regarded as heads of mission. l The representatives of the Pope were known as legates or nuncios who ranked with the ambassadors, and internuncios who ranked with ministers plenipotentiary. In the Vienna Regulation 1815 it was stated that ambassadors, legates and nuncios alone have rel""'~sentative character, and by this was meant that diplomatic agents of this class only were considered as representing the person of their sovereign.